Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Re: RE: Tri-X and Kodak vs Ilford?
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 07:31:53 -0600

At 01:57 AM 2/18/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Getting the pink out of TMax is no picnic. In my experience, contrary to
>yours if you didn't fix it out it wouldn't wash out and it did show up
>in the printing. You had to fix it in rapid fix no hardener till the
>cows come home.

If you want it to look like Tri-X, yes, you have to use hydrofluoric acid. 
:-) Well, almost.

And what evidence do you find that it effects printing? Don't expect it to 
print like Tri-X in any case. And how do you wash?

Everything I say is what Kodak says.

Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's intolerance.